teicniúil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom teicni- (“techno-”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editteicniúil (genitive singular masculine teicniúil, genitive singular feminine teicniúla, plural teicniúla, comparative teicniúla)
Declension
editDeclension of teicniúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | teicniúil | theicniúil | teicniúla; theicniúla² | |
Vocative | theicniúil | teicniúla | ||
Genitive | teicniúla | teicniúla | teicniúil | |
Dative | teicniúil; theicniúil¹ |
theicniúil | teicniúla; theicniúla² | |
Comparative | níos teicniúla | |||
Superlative | is teicniúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- ardteicniúil (“hi-tech”, adjective)
- neoiteicniúil (“neotechnic”, adjective)
- pailéiteicniúil (“palaeotechnic”, adjective)
- teicniúlacht f (“technicality”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
teicniúil | theicniúil | dteicniúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teicniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN